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Buddha Quotes by Stephen Batchelor
- The Buddha described his teaching as "going against the stream." The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to which we are tossed along…
- So the Buddha is presenting awakening not as a single mystical experience that may come upon us at some meditation, some private moment of transcendence,…
- I reject karma and rebirth not only because I find them unintelligible, but because I believe they obscure and distort what the Buddha was trying…
- We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy…
- The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to…
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- Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does… — Philip Kapleau
- Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure… — Satish Kumar
- It makes no difference whether you worship God, Jehovah, Allah, Mohammed, Buddha, Christ or Krishna- it is still and always one and… — Satyananda Saraswati
- One of the names of Buddha is TATHAGATA - one who lives in suchness, one who has become free from all the… — Rajneesh
- That could be applied to whatever you feel. Maybe anger is your thing. You just go out of control and you see… — Pema Chodron
- It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. — Bodhidharma
- Thus, I come to prepare you for Pentecost. For I must tell you that though you may deserve the infilling of your… — Pearls Of Wisdom